《书虫·牛津英汉双语读物（百科类）2级（2）·美妙的运动——足球》是书虫二级中的一本，属于体育赛事类话题，适合中国初二、初三的学生或同等英语水平的英语学习者阅读。这本书主要介绍了足球运动的起源和发展、足球运动的规则、足球赛事、足球明星、足球的商业运营、足球行业的黑暗面以及足球的未来。书稿由英文正文、词汇表、练习题和（中文）参考译文等组成。有助于学生深入了解足球这项广受欢迎的世界性运动，体会足球的魅力。

《雨林》
1 Rainforests
2 Why rainforests are important
3 People of the rainforests
4 Rainforest animals
5 Rainforest plants
6 Money
7 Disappearing forests
8 Protectors of the rainforests
9 Tourists in the rainforests
10 How you can help the rainforests
GLOSSARY
ACTIVITIES: Before Reading
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TRANSLATION 参考译文
《环球奇观》
1 A world of wonders
2 Petra-city of pink stone
3 The Serengeti migration
4 Angkor Wat
5 The lguazu Falls
6 Chichen Itza
7 The Grand Canyon
8 The Alhambra
9 The lights of the aurora
10 Kyoto
11 The Great Barrier Reef
12 Qin's last army
13 Tomorrow's wonders
GLOSSARY
ACTVITIES: Before Reading
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TRANSLATION 参考译文
《美妙的运动——足球》
1 The beautiful game
2 What kind of football?
3 Playing the game
4 The story of football
5 We won the cup
6 Women's football
7 Stars of football
8 The business of football
9 The dark side of football
10 Football today and tomorrow
GLOSSARY
ACTIVITIES: Before Reading
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《马可·波罗和丝绸之路》
1 The most famous traveller of all
2 Early years in Venice
3 Niccolo and Maffeo Polo
4 The Mongol Empire
5 The Silk Road
6 Marco leaves Venice
7 From Hormuz to Khanbaliq
8 At the court of the Khan
9 Working for the Khan
10 Going home
11 The travellers return
12 After Marco Polo
GLOSSARY
ACTVITIES: Before Reading
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TRANSLATION 参考译文
《斯蒂芬·霍金》
1 Scientist and thinker
2 Early years
3 Marriage
4 Theories and ideas
5 A great cosmologist
6 A new voice
7 A big name
8 Family life
9 Last years
GLOSSARY
The life of Stephen Hawking
Lucasian Professors of Mathematics
Three important sciences
A brief history of the universe
ACTIVITIES: Think ahead
ACTIVITIES: Chapter check
ACTIVITIES: Focus on vocabulary
ACTVITIES: Focus on language
ACTIVITIES: Discussion
PROJECT
TRANSLATION 参考译文
《节日庆典》
1 Festivals old and new
2 The year begins
3 National days
4 Lent and Easter
5 Families and fools
6 Summer celebrations
7 Fires and fireworks
8 Remembering
9 Thanksgiving
10 In a new country
11 Christmas
GLOSSARY
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